IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Normauk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 00-JRD-02
  • User Pedon ID: S2000OR013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 00-JRD-02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12699
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 44.0512276
  • Std. Longitude: -120.2910919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 35
  • State: Oregon
  • County: OR013—Crook
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OR618—Crook County Area, Oregon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James R. David, Thor D. Thorson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over clayey-skeletal, glassy over smectitic, frigid Alfic Humic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Normauk
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over clayey-skeletal, glassy over smectitic, frigid Alfic Humic Vitrixerands
  • PSC - 4 to 107 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/2000
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over colluvium derived from basalt
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABGR

    CAGE2

    CARU

    PIAM2

    PRSC

    Abies grandis

    Carex geyeri

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Piper amalago

    Pritchardia schattaueri

    grand fir

    Geyer's sedge

    pinegrass

    higuillo de limon

    lands of papa pritchardia

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    4—39

    4—39

    39—154

    —68—

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    1692

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P06950; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; ashy sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P06951; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 39 centimeters (5.9 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 4.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06952; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btb1—39 to 50 centimeters (15.4 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06953; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 19766; continuous - phpvsfiid 19767; continuous - phpvsfiid 19766; continuous - phpvsfiid 19767
    2Btb2—50 to 82 centimeters (19.7 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay; 45 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 55 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P06954; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 19768; continuous - phpvsfiid 19769; continuous - phpvsfiid 19768; continuous - phpvsfiid 19769
    2Btb3—82 to 116 centimeters (32.3 to 45.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay; 45 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P06955; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 19770; continuous - phpvsfiid 19771; continuous - phpvsfiid 19770; continuous - phpvsfiid 19771
    2Btb4—116 to 154 centimeters (45.7 to 60.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 00P06956; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 19772; continuous - phpvsfiid 19773; continuous - phpvsfiid 19772; continuous - phpvsfiid 19773